The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-25
CITY NOTES.
TILE ROATMAN'S SUIT.

THE BoATMAN'S SUIT.
A -thwart your face tender look
Tells me that yawl not say me nay,
| And / shell, oar in yOnder nook,
A-skiff you'll dsign to name the day"
| 80 Canoe bal bliss is very nice,
| But bow to stern fate's awful lot.
| Replied the maid. 1--WE cannot splice,
Because, you see, I'd rudder not.
This weather is good enough to suit
any body.
| Our city hotels are all doing good
| business nowadays.
Forepaugh & Samwelfs circus street
para lie il good one, and the little ponies
show to good advantage. The show
itself attracted large crowd yesterday.
Every south bound train is loaded with
passengers, the tourists making bee
line to South Florida. They will return
more IeIsurely, and spend the latter part
of the winter and spring in this part of
the State.
| Elsewhere il seen the card of Chas. NJ.
billiard & Co.. the Insurance Agents.
This firm recently purchased the insur-
ance business of Me ssrs. Baldwin & Coch
ran. They represent only reliable com
panies in which they place all classes of
| fire insurance.
A large party, composed of portion
of the guests of the Saratoga Hotel, will
go over to Crescent City TODAY on an
excursion. The party is anticipating
| pleasant time, and we hope they will
| have all the fun possible.
| The name of the orange Ridge Eci,O,
| of DeI.and, has been changed to the
| Florida Chronicle, with NJ s~rs. Leete &
Webb as editors and proprietors. They
get up a good paper, and deserve the
success they are receiving.
Captain A. V. Mount, assignee for w,
| p. Hatchett, has wound up the business
and settled with the creditors. The
business in his bands has been well man
aged, and settled up about AS quick as
any similar business we remember of.
| Invitations have been sent out for a
complimentary german to be given at
the Guards Armory on Wednesday even
/ ing by the German Club in honor of Mr..
and Mrs. G.. c. Cochran. The german
! will be one of the social events ~ the
season, and will be attended 10y our lead
ing society people.
Engine No. 10, on the Florida Southern
Railway, made a notably fast run on
Sunday last. Ii was handled by Engineer
I,
left PaIatka at 8 o'clock a. m, making
the run to- Ocala, - miles, in one hour
and thirty minutes, an average of about
a mile in a minute and quarter.
Our old friend, Mr.. John Hewson, pre-
scented us yesterday with jar of peaches,
put up in the best manner, which were
remarkable for their fine and natural
flavor. The peaches grew on a tree
planted by Mr.. HewsOn at Orangedale
in 1851, and the fine fruit shows that
other fruits as well as oranges can be
grown in East Florida.
The new daylight line of river boats
between Palatka and Sanford was inau-
gurated yesterday. One of the boats
will leave here every morning at Oils
o'clock, and returning arrive here at SOS
in the afternoon. Thousands of tourists
will take in the delights of the beautiful
st. Johns this season on these boats. y
trip to Florida is no trip at all without
at least one journey over the st. Johns
river.
Forepaugh & SamwelI's circus gave a
very pleasing entertainment on the old
Larkin House let yesterday and last
night. The performance differs from
nearly all other circuses, but is none the
less interesting on that account, as the
performers are all good in their several
specialties. The trained ponies md dogs
proved prime favorites for the little ones,
and the daring and difficult feats OF the
performers were heartily applauded from
the large crowd present. The admission
is only 10 cents, and the show will be
here for three more DAYS.
Hicks & Sawyer's Ministries, which are
to be here "Wednesday evening. have the
reputation of being the best genuine col
Ored MINISTRIES in the country. They are
made up from singers. dancers and spe-
cialrsts, possessed of native ge MUS. They
learned their songs and dances in the
cabin, on the plantation and the levee,
therefore they can give the genuine
plantation air to their work, which Is the
charm of negro minstrelsy. They are all
artists. and all play their parts well. In
addition TO their skill on the stage, they
are finished performers on brass iustru-
ments, and will give magnificent street
parades. brass band concerts and fancy
drills. The press appears TO be unani-
NOUS in the approval of this company.